I made my daughter marry the King of Tunis, in Africa . On the way home from her marriage to the King of Tunis, my crew and I got caught in a treacherous storm. The men were behaving in a way that I was not sure we would make it out alive. Boatswain tried his hardest to calm everyone down, including myself. My loyal advisor, Gonzalo, also tried to calm everyone down. It makes me feel comfortable that these men have my back and are helping save our lives by running the boat. Some of my men decided to abandon me and my ship by jumping off the boat. The storm is terrible; however I feel we will all stay safe.


We finally land on an island with everyone except my son, Trinculo and Stephano. I am very thankful that we are all safe however I am beginning to worry about the whereabouts of my son. I have a bad feeling about this island and the magical powers it seems to have.


I am feeling very down right now. We cannot find my missing son, Ferdinand, and I do not think he is alive. I haven’t seen him on the island yet and I have many reasons to think he is dead. Gonzalo again tries to comfort me and talk about how the island has many great things but I am too depressed to see the good in the situation. I realize that being stranded on the island is my own fault because I made my daughter get married in Africa . Since the wedding only bad things have happened. My son is lost and possibly dead and my daughter is married far away from where I live. Francisco told me that he saw Ferdinand swim ashore. I believed him for a little while but realized this is not possible. Although I know it is my fault we are stranded, it hurts me to hear my own brother, Sebastian, put the blame on me. However I do think that he has always been envious because he will never be in line to be king. Strangely everyone became very tired and fell asleep at the same time. Something is very mysterious about this island we landed on. Sebastian and Antonio offered to stay awake and protect us while we sleep, yet as we awoke their swords were drawn claiming to have heard a very loud thunder roar that no one else heard. I do not know what has gotten into those two lately. I gained some hope while I sleep so we continue the search for my son.
The hope I have gained has not brought me any luck. My men and I are persistently searching for Ferdinand. We haven’t discovered any form of life on the island so far. It seems to be deserted, yet I still am very confused about the magical feel it has.


I am becoming more and more depressed as the minutes go by. I cannot stop thinking about how I forced the wedding of my daughter and in result lost my only son. I do not know how I am going to go on feeling this miserable.


We are still searching for my son. I’m starting to lose all hope because the search has come up empty. The island still seems to be very puzzling to all of us who survived the storm.



Everyone has grown very tired from the search. We decide to sit down and take a break from the search. Some strange music starts to be heard right as we decide to rest. I find this very outlandish but then several shapes enter from above. They bring a table with food and offer the food to us, but they then leave. This whole ordeal scares me. I feel there are evil spirits on the island and I only can pray that we are not harmed. As scared as I was the shapes and sounds astound me, and I am fascinated. As soon as I start to eat the food on the table, some terrifying voice comes from the heavens. They voice tells us that it will take revenge on us for overthrowing Prospero as the Duke of Milan. The voice says that we cannot hurt it and that there are powers on the island that can out due any harm we try. It knows my name and speaks to me that it will destroy me in a way worse that sudden death. Immediately I flee from terror. I cannot describe the feeling this voice has bestowed onto me besides fear. I regret what I did to Prospero by using my army to exile him into sea. I can only hope that this will be enough to save me from the terrors of the island.



I have become extremely depressed. I do not see any hope for finding my son. I feel so bad about the loss of my son because I blame myself for this tragedy. I wish so badly I could take it back and have my son alive instead of at the bottom of the ocean! I feel as if I must join him on the bottom so I can free myself from this depression.

We have wondered upon something extremely strange today. Prospero, who I thought was cast into sea to die, is on this island! It is hard for me to believe that it is truly Prospero and not another trick of the island. I cannot understand how he is still alive, however I immediately feel regret when I realize it is him standing there. He has told me that he knows my part in overthrowing him and that my actions have been extremely cruel. I start to think that if Prospero is the one ruling the island that he may know what happened to my dear son Ferdinand. I can only hope he knows where he is. Prospero tells me he has lost his daughter in the storm as well and I deeply sympathize with him as I know the terrible feeling. I can only think of how much I wish my son was alive today. Maybe his daughter and my son could be married and rule Naples together. It breaks my heart to think of my son at the bottom of the ocean. I would do anything, including taking my own life, to have him back in my life. Suddenly to my astonishment Prospero relieves my son and a maid playing chess. I see my son, alive and well, yet I do not know if this is another trick of the island. I cannot contain my excitement to see him and hear him speak to me. He is alive after all! I can’t help but wonder how he came to be on this island when he jumped overboard to his death. He tells me all about the girl he is playing chess with, which is Prospero’s daughter Miranda. They have fallen in love and he is ready to marry her. I am a little confused at first since I thought Prospero’s daughter was dead. However, I soon realize the two are in love after only three hours. I certainly give the couple my blessing and hope only the best for them. Again to my amazement, the men from the ship suddenly appear. This island keeps getting stranger and stranger. I cannot seem to understand anything that has happened on this island. I find it stranger than anything I have experienced in my old age. I should have expected more people to show up, yet I was still surprised to see Trinculo and Stephano appear. They two are with another man and are all extremely drunk. I find this to be odd as well since there was no wine on the island. Prospero invites us to stay the night with him so he can tell us the story about how he survived. I eagerly accept since I have been very curious to how he came upon this strange island. In the morning we will all sail back to Naples and have a wedding. Ferdinand and Miranda will soon be joined in marriage and I am excited to return back to Naples after this eccentric adventure!